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Please see the Ray White NZ Company update looking at the results in August and upcoming outlook for September.

The Ray White Group in New Zealand is pleased to be able to offer a role in our business development team based in Canterbury.  The position primarily focuses on the needs and requirements of our Group members together with development and relationship management.  To find out more about this position please click here.

The Ray White Group are proud founding members of  Trade Me Property and since 2005 has provided all of their vendors with an online listing on Trade Me Property as an essential part to the Ray White  marketing mix. 

In the latest survey by Nielsen Net Ratings Online, July 2010 shows that Trade Me Property had more than 10 times the total viewing time of any other of the websites ranked; with its nearest competitor being realestate.co.nz. and 40 times more than the next property website.

To see the graph showing the July viewing time on property websites please click here.

Carey Smith, Chief Executive of the Ray White Group in New Zealand, said that since joining Trade Me Property in 2005 it has provided Ray White vendors with a distinct advantage over many of the other real estate companies who do not give their vendors a choice in regards to the websites in which they appear.  “Each of our vendors are offered a Trade Me Property listing as part of the Ray White marketing advantage and not only does this increase buyer response, but also ensures that each individual property listed by Ray White has the greatest exposure online.” 

Ray White is the number one real estate company on Trade Me Property with just over 13,000 properties currently displayed.

Celebrating their one year birthday, Ray White Taranaki, through owners Mark and Rachel Ferguson, have been acknowledged as the New Start Business of the Year for Ray White.  When Mark undertook his commitment to Ray White in Taranaki it was a new area for him.  Their ongoing support of Ronald McDonald House and the local food bank in Taranaki has been recognised by the way their business has become part of the community. 

The office completed 71 sales in its first 12 months and has a market share in their local trade area of 26%.   Mark Ferguson said “Being part of the Ray White Group enabled the business to quickly gain momentum and adding a superior service level helped in positioning the business as a market leader in the local trade area.”  He went on to say “The work in the community through charity auction events has been rewarding and is a case of making sure that our business gives back the best way it can.” 

Ray White CEO, Carey Smith, said “Mark and Rachel started their business with service in mind and they have continued to deliver with results that are unmatched for a business which is just over 12 months old.”  Mark has further plans to grow the agency but wants to ensure the Inglewood business is a clear market leader before growing further within Taranaki.   To see the website for Ray White Taranaki please click here. To read an Interview on the start success of Ray White Taranaki please click here

Ray White Bucklands Beach has continually been recognised as an award winning office within the Ray White Group.  Licensee salesperson Ellen Ming, who operates from this community office, has overseen the refurbishment of the office. 

As a long term resident of Bucklands Beach, Ellen has developed a large database of clients and has an in-depth knowledge of the Eastern Beaches region.  Her International Elite status qualifies her in the top 2% of Ray White salespeople throughout the Group and is testament to the outstanding service and professional advice she offers to clients and customers.

Ellen commented that she is extremely proud of the office in Bucklands Beach. “Being located within the centre of the community” she said “is an important part of her service to be able to have a local office that shows property and the area in the best way possible.” 

The office at Bucklands Beach is now in its 12^th year of trading and Ellen has been a recognised award winning member for 11 years.  Those who are thinking about buying and selling through the Eastern Beaches area can have confidence in Ellen as one of the leading licensee salespeople in the area.

We are please to have available the White Paper for distribution to the community.

To view the White Paper please click here

The Ray White Group in New Zealand has had a foundation association with Trade Me through their property portal which began in June 2005.  At the outset the Ray White and Trade Me partnership saw the Group develop a total network presence at that time of approximately 8,000 properties.  In the first month that Trade Me Property launched we received in excess of 500 email enquiries.  Today the Ray White Group presents 14,000 properties through Trade Me Property and for the month of June 2010 has received a record amount of email enquiry of 8,234. 

The commitment the Ray White Group has to ensuring that property is well marketed is clearly evident by the email enquiry that our members receive.  We feel as a company that it is important to be able to offer vendors the leading online and off-line property displays.  Trade Me Property is clearly the number one property website, with over 1.2 million unique visitors per month – three times the nearest competitive website in New Zealand.  In addition to this, Ray White also has 133 individual office websites which display property and enables the highest quality presentation at a community level for each vendor that markets with our company. The Group also has national and international websites, being www.raywhite.co.nz and www.raywhite.com.  The overall email enquiry for the Group topped 11,000 and this works out to be an average of 366 email enquiries per day on property. 

Trade Me Property recently celebrated their fifth birthday and as the leading property website in New Zealand, Ray White is proud to be a founding partner with Trade Me Property.

The Ray White Group in New Zealand reported slightly lower sales last month following the first increase in official interest rates in more than a year. 

Ray White New Zealand CEO Carey Smith said while there was a four per cent increase on the previous month’s sales, the results were down 10 per cent on the June, 2009, figures. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand last month lifted the official cash rate to 2.75 per cent and Mr Smith said rates were forecast to go up over the remainder of 2010. “Our overall sales turnover would indicate that given listings are increasing and actual sales numbers are decreasing, then days on market will lengthen as will the overall success rate of property coming onto the market,” he said.  

Mr Smith said Ray White’s top office for June was Botany Town Centre, in East Auckland, which completed $16 million in sales. He said the number two office was Ponsonby, closely followed by Manukau and Howick with Kohimarama office completing Ray White’s five top NZ businesses. 

Other offices to produce a good sales month in June included Whangarei in Northland as well as Remuera, Pinehill and Royal Oak in Auckland. 

“In the Central North Island, Hamilton City, Papamoa and Bayfair recorded outstanding results while the Lower North Island zone saw Palmerston North and Taranaki complete better than expected results,” Mr Smith said. 

“The Richmond office was the leading business in the Upper South Island, while Redcliffs, Lincoln and Rolleston all had a successful sales month in Canterbury.  Arrowtown led the Lower South Island, with another good result from Queenstown.”   

Other key indicators saw controlled listing lift by 5% to 1532 with media marketing also increasing by 3%. Online enquiry surpassed 12,500 this month which was a further increase on last month which was 11,900. There has been some decline noted in open home attendees.In summary Carey Smith said “that it is balanced market with indications that buyers are prepare to make offers on properties that are inline with market value”

In what is considered a major move for Ray White in the Southern Lakes region, the existing business known as Frankton Real Estate will become a member of the Ray White Group on 1^st July.  The office will be well known to those who visit the Southern Lakes District as it is located in a high profile location in the Frankton Shopping Centre, which forms the gateway to Queenstown and also to the international airport.

The current owner of the business Kath Cruickshank will be fully involved in the change-over to Ray White. For the full story please click here

The Ray White Group is pleased to be able to offer those who are considering a career in Real Estate an insight into the Ray White Group through its members site.

Please click here for the access information to the Ray White members site